Stories of the Middle Kingdom

Pretty robe, but....

In the Taoist temple in Shanghai, I saw many of these Taoist robed priests chanting. It looks real, but they do it the same time every day so tourists can see it. Kind of seems like a "show" to me. Also, you have to pay to enter the temple. Can you imagine having to pay to go into a church to pray?

This is a female at a Buddhist nunnery in Shanghai, near Yu Gardens. Apparently she had lots of friends outside the nunnery (note that she is talking on a cell phone). She's about to put on those robes she is holding for a Buddhist chanting ceremony, not totally unlike the Taoist ceremony mentioned above.

In a country that is officially atheist, people have found a spiritual void. They are trying to fill it with things that will not satisfy. To them, it is like choosing a name brand cell phone. Will they choose Iphone, Samsung, Motorola? Will they choose Buddhism, Taoism, Christianity? That's the mindset, although we know Truth is not based on personal preference.

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